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him, presenting the musket and threatning him with destruction 
on a repetition of such expressions, terror was marked on his 
countenance; I directed him immediately to leave the enclosure 
and never presume to enter it again. 
I now inquired of Gattanewa the number of war canoes which 
lie could equip and man; he informed me ten, and that each would 
carry about thirty men, and that the Happahs could equip an equal 
number of equal size; he told me it would be six days before they 
could be put together and got in readiness; but if I wished it his 
people should set about it immediately. I directed them to do 
so, and despatched a messenger to the Happahs directing them 
to prepare their war canoes to be in readiness to go to war with the 
Typees, and await my further orders. I gave them as well as the 
Taeehs to understand that it was my intention to attack them both 
by sea and by land, and that I should send a large body of men in 
boats and a ship to protect the landing of them and the war canoes, 
and that the remainder of the warriors of both tribes must pro¬ 
ceed by land to attack them in the part where they were most as¬ 
sailable. I had hoped now to terrify the Typees by the formida¬ 
ble armament which was coming against them, and was glad to 
lix on some distant period for the commencement of hostilities, 
anxious to put them off as long as possible. Every thing now 
bore the appearance of war; the Taeehs and Happahs could talk 
and think of nothing else, and I found it policy to keep this spirit 
alive, as it was likely to secure their friendship to us: apprehen¬ 
sive however of a change of disposition on their part, I now con¬ 
ceived the design of constructing a fort, not only as a protection to 
our village and the harbour, but as a security to the Taeehs against 
further incursions; and while it would enable us to give to them 
the most ample protection, it would place them perfectly in our 
power, in the event of any hostility on their part. The place I had 
fixed on has been in some measure described as well suiting the 
purpose: we had an abundance of old water casks, which, when 
filled with dirt, would afford an excellent breast-work, and small 
guns which we could conveniently mount: but before the com¬ 
mencement of this undertaking, I considered it adviseable to ob¬ 
tain the consent of the tribes of the valley. I had for some time 
past intended leaving my prizes here as the most suitable place 
